--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Slavery and its abolition · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct of enslaved people under slavery? Exam question 3 of lesson 31 «Slavery and its abolition» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/31-slavery-and-its-abolition/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/) / [Slavery and its abolition](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/31-slavery-and-its-abolition/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Slavery and its abolition Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct of enslaved people under slavery? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, enslave, conduct · **To what, where:** conduct, enslaved people This is exam question 3 of lesson 31 «Slavery and its abolition» of the history course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/history/31-slavery-and-its-abolition/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:31-slavery-and-its-abolition:e3:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct of enslaved people under slavery? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 conduct conduct NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 enslaved enslave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 amod _ _ 13 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 14 under under ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 slavery slavery NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | the conduct of enslaved people under slavery | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **enslave** | participle | | | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **conduct** | | | enslaved people under slavery | | | | | nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} They were free to depart at will ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:31-slavery-and-its-abolition:e3:o1:1 # text = They were free to depart at will 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 depart depart VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | They | | | | | free *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **depart** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They resisted by diverse means, including escape and revolt ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:31-slavery-and-its-abolition:e3:o2:1 # text = They resisted by diverse means, including escape and revolt 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 resisted resist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 by by SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 diverse diverse ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 nsubj _ _ 5 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 including including ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 escape escape NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 revolt revolt NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **resist** | past | They | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **mean** | present | diverse | escape and revolt | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent escape=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} They acquiesced without any resistance ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:31-slavery-and-its-abolition:e3:o3:1 # text = They acquiesced without any resistance 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 acquiesced acquiesce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 without without ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 5 det _ _ 5 resistance resistance NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **acquiesce** | past | They | | | | | without any resistance | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} They were remunerated for their labour ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:31-slavery-and-its-abolition:e3:o4:1 # text = They were remunerated for their labour 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 remunerated remunerate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 labour labour NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remunerate** | past · passive | | They | | | | for their labour | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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